The Rose Technique | |
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Directed by | Jon C. Scheide |
Written by | Ray Stroeber |
Starring | JoBeth Williams Sally Kirkland Kari Wuhrer Jason Brooks Sage Kirkpatrick |
Cinematography | Mark Woods |
Music by | Ken Mazur |
Distributed by | Forsyth Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Language | English |
The Rose Technique, also known as Deranged, is a 2002 direct-to-DVD American film starring Sally Kirkland, JoBeth Williams, Kari Wuhrer, Jason Brooks and Sage Kirkpatrick.
The Rose Technique revolves around the life of an off-beat psychiatrist who wants to join the crazy world of daytime TV. She signs a contract with a school and becomes a teacher, but a student tries to prove that she is no angel. Strange things happen while the psychiatrist Doctor Lillian Rose is around.
Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times said that writer Ray Stroeber had a promising idea, but that director Jon Scheide played the dark comedy too straight, and that the film fails to match the audacious performance from Williams. [1]
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